فَايءِقٌ
1.
Superior, excellent, or surpassing: (Mgh, Msb: *) anything excellent, or choice, (O, K, TA,) and pure, in its kind. (TA.) You say, هُوَ فَايءِقٌ
فِى العِلْمِ [He is superior, excellent, or surpassing, in knowledge], and فِى الفِنَى [in wealth, &c.]. (Mgh.) And جَارِيَةٌ فَايءِقَةٌ [A young woman excelling in beauty, or comeliness]. (Msb.) And فَوَقَةٌ [an irreg. plural of فَايءِقٌ, like as خَوَنَةٌ is of خَايءِنٌ, for by rule these pls. should be فَاقَةٌ and خَانَةٌ,] signifies Elegant scholars, and orators. (IAar, O, K.)